Science and Tesla Foresee Electric War and World Destruction
The article argues future warfare will be powered by electricity, not chemicals, risking extermination of nations. Nikola Tesla predicts wireless energy can enable an aerial torpedo and distant explosive effects, potentially abolishing cannon and battleships.
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Europe
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Schopenhauer
Roger Bacon
America
Asia
Africa
Bacon
Arlington
Honlulu
Nikola Tesla
Tesla
United States
Post-Dispatch Sunday
Wireless weapons and the fear of a thunderbolt future
A collection of quotes and predictions on wireless power and its potential for warfare. Tesla warns of a future where entire cities or armies could be disabled or destroyed from a distance by electromagnetic devices. Inventors claim devices to explode ammo remotely, melt metals, or set fleets ablaze, while critics label some claims fraudulent.
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Tesla
London
Krupp
Berlin
Paris
Marconi
Lanzius
New York
California
Pacific Coast
Future Warfare and the Rise of Ever Deadlier Weapons
The article warns that even more lethal devices are being developed worldwide, from hydrogen flame weapons to automatic firearms. It likens current anxieties to historical marvels in siege warfare and questions whether human nerves can endure such escalating horrors.
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Constantinople
David
Achilles
Electric furnace promises widespread use in auto steel heat treatment
An electric furnace for heat treating steel in auto manufacturing was introduced. It uses a novel self starting process where a coke bed on the floor heats to conductivity, then the wall and dome heat and conduct, making the whole chamber incandescent. Early trials predict extensive future use.
Feeding Cows for Milk: Tailored Roughage and Grains
The article advises feeding each cow ample clean roughage with succulent elements like grass or silage and using grain based on butterfat output. It cautions against excess body fat, stresses individualized feeding, and suggests a standard universal grain mix to ease management.
Congressman Duties and Humorous Exchange
A quip contrasts a congressman's duties with actions to run sit lie and stand. A character asks about a side stitch and is told it came from being hemmed in a crowd.
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Bocker
Judgment in shaping trees for orchard beginners
The article advises using cautious judgment when shaping trees. It warns beginners not to prune young trees to avoid harming future appearance and stresses early correction of forks to prevent permanent deformity.
Remedy for a Sagging Door in Nebraska Journal
A Minnesota writer advises fixing a sagging door by placing a rod ring at the bottom, passing the rod through a block at the top, fastening with a burr and tightening. The method uses a staple at the bottom and a block near the top to pull the door tight.
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Joh. Reagan
Minnesota
Nebraska
Arm Journal
Management of brood sows two litters a year
Two litters a year give each hog raiser two dividend periods. With proper feeding and handling a mature sow maintains breeding condition and provides more years of profitable service. Feed during pregnancy with ample bone blood and muscle building nutrients to support unborn piglets.
Milk bitter in spring urges herd management changes
The article explains bitter milk results from grazing weeds, cow health problems, or bacterial growth in milk. It advises removing the cause, such as limiting access to weeds, improving cow health, and cleaning vessels, with guidance from Percy Werner Jr of the Missouri College of Agriculture.
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Percy Werner, Jr
Missouri College of Agriculture
Pullets Suffer Everson of the Oviduct in Spring
A veterinary note warns many hens especially pullets die from eversion of the oviduct in spring. Symptoms include halting gait a protruding red mass from the vent and bloody eggs in nests. Causes cited are muscular strain from large or double yolked eggs or an obstruction. Immediate action may require humane euthanasia.
Poultry Duster Used By Hens At Coop Entrance
A Wiscon sin Agriculturist note describes a poultry duster mounted above a henhouse door. Hens dust themselves with germicide as they enter or leave, using a V shaped mesh funnel and a hopper slot to deliver powder.
Successful Clover Growing Principles
The article outlines key steps for growing clover: improve soil with lime phosphorus and potash, add organic matter, and regularly turn under clover. Plant seed in mellow soil half to one inch deep, and when using a nurse crop avoid dense seeding, top dress with manure if possible, and cut stubble high.
Thick Cream More Profitable for Dairy Farmers
Ohio State University dairy experts say separating a thick cream yields higher returns than thin cream. Skimmed milk, fed to hogs and poultry, has about 35 cents per hundred feeding value. Butterfat levels around 35 to 40 percent guide winter and summer cream testing for butter making.
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Dairy Department
Ohio State University
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Ikola Tesla
Indianapolis Star
Mrs. Rawler
Alice
Lira Tesla
Wisconsin Agriculturist
Ohio Bulletin
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